May 03, 2021 03:55 PM EDT
A first of its kind discovery was recently reported to have come out of a comprehensive study by scientists of Poland on an Egyptian mummy dating back to 1st century BCE. For decades, it was believed that the said mummy was of a male priest after being X-rayed at a medical center in Otwock, Poland, in 2015.
However, a recent finding confirmed that the body belongs to a pregnant woman, unfolding an unexpected turn of event that was missed out on for decades.
A research group called the Warsaw Mummy Project has been conducting an examination of more than 40 mummies at the National Museum in Warsaw, which started in 2015. After decades of research, the new finding was said to be "absolutely unexpected", according to Dr. Wojciech Ejsmond, an archaeologist who led the research team.